Despite the smoke from grenades fired by members and supporters of the banned National Bolshevik party, an anti-Putin rally in Moscow's Pushkin Square Monday was uncharacteristically peaceful. Approximately 2,000 people, listening to speeches from opposition leaders including chess champion Garry Kasparov, were monitored closely by a similar number of Interior Ministry troops. .

Despite the smoke from grenades fired by members and supporters of the banned National Bolshevik party, an anti-Putin rally in Moscow's Pushkin Square Monday was uncharacteristically peaceful. Approximately 2,000 people, listening to speeches from opposition leaders including chess champion Garry Kasparov, were monitored closely by a similar number of Interior Ministry troops. . (Sergey Ponomarev / AP)

Despite the smoke from grenades fired by members and supporters of the banned National Bolshevik party, an anti-Putin rally in Moscow's Pushkin Square Monday was uncharacteristically peaceful. Approximately 2,000 people, listening to speeches from opposition leaders including chess champion Garry Kasparov, were monitored closely by a similar number of Interior Ministry troops. .